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laggardly, a.|ˈlægədlɪ|
[f. laggard a. and n. + -ly1.]
Having the character or spirit of a laggard; hesitant, slow, sluggish.
1826Blackw. Mag. XIX. 335 Some laggardly editorless..periodical. 1939C. S. Forester Captain Hornblower, R.N. i. i. 14 Some laggardly or unlucky sailor. 1959R. E. Campbell I would do it Again xii. 85 Needless to say the men were not laggardly. 1975Economist 3 May 123/3 To improve the laggardly money market. 1988Daily Tel. 15 Mar. 40/1 [Crossword clue] What the laggardly dressmaker should do to a hem (5, 2). |